he looked helpless against Rafa when he was in his prime, but it's just sad to watch these two nowadays. I just hoped for a more competitive match. Their 2006 final in Rome was one of the most entertaining matches in tennis history.

I'm afraid that Fed will never win a match against Nadal, not even on grass. the worst match up in tennis history.

he looked helpless against Rafa when he was in his prime, but it's just sad to watch these two nowadays. I just hoped for a more competitive match. Their 2006 final in Rome was one of the most entertaining matches in tennis history.

I'm afraid that Fed will never win a match against Nadal, not even on grass. the worst match up in tennis history.

As Federer's fan, I am not sad and just accept. See same thing happen too much time.But the tennis world is not end here.

Still your boy is out there can pull down Nadal. We got interesting young players and hope they can make huge influence.

Firstly, congratulations to Nadal for winning the trophy here. All the top players were here, and yet again, he remains the last man standing. He simply brushed Berdych aside in the SF & comprehensively dismantled Federer in the final. A quite remarkable performance, as much for the result as for the fact that he didn't have to play his best game in order to achieve it.

Next, the runner up. Federer had a good week here, making it to his first final in a while. Given his opponent in the final, he was unlikely to win. But he played a poor match today. No resistance, failing to convert his chances when he had them. The loss never bothers me, but how a player plays is noteworthy. I thought it was a very disappointing effort from Federer. The final should have been a better contested match, and he simply failed to put up a contest. Janowicz or Paire might have been more exciting to watch.

And I agree with Babblelot - Federer is an excellent clay court player, is experienced & is a great champion. This performance was not excusable, and nothing to do with the surface. More a case of "too good" to Nadal and "poor effort" to Federer.

Nadal's return from an extended absence is a remarkable one. His focus & determination, commendable.

I'm looking forward to the FO. This week highlighted some excellent effort by a number of "hopefuls" Janowic/ Paire/ Gulbis all looked very good out there. I'm hoping that they and some others will make the FO interesting. But I expect Nadal to clinch his 8th title, unless Djokovic can return to play in good form. Other than that, I see no contenders.

We have Paire showing some good tennis and hopefully he continues, now that he's tasted some success he will be motivated to build on it.

Jerzy who has been beat down from some posters for not showing much this year has seemed to be more composed and he is making progress.

Gulbis has always been a question mark but has now shown he can have more than just a passing jab at playing well. He's progressed very well past the point of his winning a tournament a few months ago.His forehand is more consistent and he is starting to trust it more it appears.

It's been an interesting tournament.

Now to see what Fed does about his game, it looks less than average for him but he's still working I assume after his vacation.

Djokovic has to raise his game a few levels and had the feeling he didn't care much about Roma, he wants to perform at top level at RG.

Murray, I just don't know to be truthful. He has his work cut out for him so it's wait and see.